Research Interests

Self & Identity, Interpersonal Wellness, Ritual Studies, Narrative Cartography, Creative Inquiry and Art-Based Research Methods

Biography

Shmee Giarratana (they/them) supports the CIIS community as the Director of Student Success, positioned in Student Affairs. Shmee builds upon students’ rich academic experience through extra-curricular programs that connect student interest with key resources to thrive. In partnership with the Dean of Students, Shmee focuses on services for veterans and international students, career services, and basic needs programming to cultivate an academic environment focused on student success. Additionally, Shmee is the creator and adjunct professor of Creative Explorations of Self. They developed this course to guide student exploration of the phenomenology of self and social position through art-based inquiry. The course partners theoretical and empirical research with creative projects to help students examine unconscious assumptions and beliefs while integrating new perspectives and understandings. 

Education

Sonoma State University Master of Arts (MA), Psychology Emphasis in Depth Psychology Emphasis in Depth Psychology

University of North Carolina Bachelor of Arts (BA), Film/Cinema/Video Studies 2003 - 2007 

Courses

Creative Explorations of Self

Publications

Journal of Integral Theory and Practice, 9(2), 162-168.